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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the miller able to rob the manciple?
(a) The manciple is ill one day.
(b) The manciple trusts the miller.
(c) The manciple quits.
(d) The manciple only goes to work once a week.

2. What does the king in the Clerk’s Tale forge in order to pretend to be free from his wife?
(a) Papal permission.
(b) A new law.
(c) A letter from his wife's father saying he no longer gives his blessing.
(d) A royal divorce decree.

3. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?
(a) Emilie.
(b) Hippolyte.
(c) Four women whose husbands have died.
(d) Palamon and Arcite.

4. Where is the Narrator going?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) London.
(c) The town is not given.
(d) Jerusalem.

5. Who is the focus of the Man of Law's tale?
(a) Innkeepers.
(b) Men of law.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Pilgrims.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?

2. Who helps the knight answer the question?

3. Who is released from prison?

4. Who tells the Wife of Bath he thinks questions of authority and scripture should be left to the proper authorities?

5. Who will determine the best tale in the contest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can there be no real determination of the outcome of the Cook's Tale?

2. What is the significance of Lady Constance's name in the Man of Law's Tale?

3. What is the point the Summoner makes about friars with the anecdote in his Prologue?

4. Why are the characters in the Franklin's Tale rewarded?

5. What is comedic about the Reeve's Tale?

6. Why does January say he wants to marry? Why does he likely really want to marry?

7. Why is the Wife of Bath's Prologue so long?

8. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

9. Why does the Narrator tell the Miller's Tale despite his concern of its vulgarity?

10. Why are the pilgrims confused by the Merchant's Tale?

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